Age trends in genetic parameters for growth and wood density in Eucalyptus globulus

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-193

  Stackpole, Desmond J ^a   Vaillancourt, R E ^a   de Aguigar, Marcelo ^b   Potts, Brad M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Melhoramento de Plantas Epagri   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Density; Eucalyptus globulus; Genetic correlation

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 75949125604     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-009-0239-4     Document Type: Article

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